Flight 3407 Passenger List: Complete List of Names

Thursdays crash is the first fatal crash of a commercial airliner in the United States since August 2006 Comair Flight 5191.

Here is a partial list of the passengers and crew killed in Flight 3407 in Buffalo, NY:
Names of people killed in crash of Continental Connection Flight 3407. The names have been provided by airline officials, relatives or friends.

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Crew members:

_ Capt. Marvin Renslow, pilot, of Lutz, Fla.

_ Rebecca Shaw, first officer

_ Matilda Quintero, flight attendent

_ Donna Prisco, flight attendent

_ Capt. Joseph Zuffoletto, off-duty crew member.

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Passengers:

_ Beverly Eckert, of Stamford, Conn., whose husband died in the World Trade Center attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

_ Ellyce Kausner, student at Florida Coastal School of Law.

_ Maddy Loftus, of Parsippany, N.J. Was headed to Buffalo weekend reunion of women hockey players.

Passengers:

-- Alison Des Forges, of Buffalo, considered one of the world's leading experts on the genocide in Rwanda.

-- Beverly Eckert, of Stamford, Conn., whose husband died in the World Trade Center attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

-- Ellyce Kausner, student at Florida Coastal School of Law.

-- Maddy Loftus, of Parsippany, N.J. Headed to Buffalo for weekend reunion of women hockey players.

-- Coleman Mellett, guitarist in jazz musician Chuck Mangione's band.

-- Gerry Niewood, saxophonist and member of jazz musician Chuck Mangione's band.

-- Susan Wehle, of Williamsville, N.Y. Was cantor at Temple Beth Am in Williamsville.

-- Carl Yarber, of Riverside, Calif., member of several Tampa Bay, Fla.-area bands over the past several decades.

Everyone aboard the plane -- including 44 passengers, a crew of 4 and an off-duty airline employee -- and one person in a house destroyed by the plane was killed, said Chris Collins, the Erie County executive.

Two others in the house, a 57-year-old woman and her 22-year-old daughter, suffered minor injuries and were taken to a nearby hospital, where they were treated and released, officials said.

Among those on the flight was Alison L. Des Forges, a historian and human rights advocate who documented the 1994 genocide in Rwanda and investigated related issues in Burundi and Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to Emma Daly, communications director of Human Rights Watch in New York City.

Also on the flight was Beverly Eckert, the widow of Sean Rooney, a Buffalo native who died at the World Trade Center in the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.